Anatolia

Zeytinli Bahçe: the 1999-2007 excavations. The long history of a site at the crossroads of Mesopotamia and Anatolia

The multi-layered mound of Zeytinli Bahçe is located on a low river terrace along the left bank of the Euphrates, immediately south of the modern city of Birecik, in the province of Şanlıurfa, in Southeastern Turkey (coordinates: 36°59'45"N; 37°58'45"E). The site is relatively small in size (approx. 2.6ha), but has a thick stratified deposit of over 30m in height. Seven seasons of excavations and research, conducted by the Missione Archeologica Italiana nell’Anatolia Orientale (MAIAO) of Sapienza University of Rome in cooperation with the Şanlıurfa Archaeological Museum under the...

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Zincirli (Turkey): Pergamon Museum Collection

The analysis of the pottery and the publication of an exhaustive small finds catalogue of the materials from the German excavations at Zincirli are the main aim of the project presented here. The site of Zincirli, located in Turkey, in the modern province of Gaziantep, was excavated by a German expedition under the directorship of C. Humann and F. von Luschan between 1888 and 1902. The German archaeologists extensively brought to light the first Syro-Hittite capital, and its architecture became a point of reference and continuous element of comparison for the north-Syrian town centres of the... Read more about Zincirli (Turkey): Pergamon Museum Collection